2 months in review.
It’s now been 2 months since I restarted lifting (+ a few days).
I look better than I did last month, which was better than the month before.
Morning bodyweight was around 148 at the start of the month. It’s now consistently above 150. The actual slope of the line is 2.6 lbs/mo. Where I wanted it to be.
I ate consistently well, and where I didn’t, I had full control over that. However, I did have some illness, appetite, and mood things that affected food intake.
All of the important lifts went up.
Windmills: from 40# x 6 to 55# x 6
Jefferson Squat: 225# x 16 to 245# x 18
Forward Bend: 68# x 20 to 88# x 16
Everything is higher rep so it’s a bit difficult to compare. It was still a 20# increase for bilateral compounds and a 15# increase for unilateral compound.
I also added in more shoulder stuff, and renewed my long term goal of “get good at deadlifts and presses”.
The main mistake I made was #3 here with the daily pressing work I added in. It’s just too much right now. Maybe should just stick with 3x3 or 5x2 if I’m going to do it. 20+ reps a day is too much for me.
There’s kind of a 4th goal, which is “don’t make your body more painful”. Not quite the same as “don’t get injured” since it also includes “don’t aggravate existing injures”. I don’t feel worse now than I did at the beginning of the month, so, success?